by Patrick Banon (2016)
"Remise en question du principe d'égalité femmes-hommes, refus de la mixité, symboliques vestimentaires, particularismes alimentaires et calendriers alternatifs, radicalisation et financement des cultes, difficultés grandissantes de management dans les entreprises, les hôpitaux et les établissements scolaires : la globalisation des religions fragilise de plus en plus la cohésion sociale, les identités et les certitudes. Entre flou juridique, ambiguïtés politiques et replis communautaires, certains, frappés de "sidération culturelle", en viennent jusqu'à douter du principe même de laïcité. Au sein de notre République indivisible, laïque et sociale, notre vivre-ensemble est aujourd'hui menacé. Dévoilant le fonctionnement des systèmes de pensée religieux, et l'impact réel de leurs rites et symboles sur la société, Patrick Banon met en lumière la singularité du principe français de laïcité, sa fragilité et sa force, et nous donne les clés pour mieux comprendre l'immense défi lancé à Marianne : sauver sans se trahir son modèle social d'égalité et de solidarité."--Page 4 of cover.
Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Collection of essays describes the interaction of modern religion with the present day world. Focuses on subjects such as religion and the media, Marxism and liberal theology, the Church and social problems, Christianity and religious pluralism, liberation theology, the concept of Utopia in the 20th century, the new cults, Christianity under Communist rule, the concept of sanctuary, and theological reactions to the Holocaust.
John Anderson
Making use of newly available archive material, this text provides the first systematic and accessible overview of church state relations in the Soviet Union.
Fatma Nevra Seggie
This book explores educational and cultural experiences of "part-time unveilers" during their degree programs in public institutions in Turkey. The term "part-time unveiler" is coined to refer to undergraduate female students who cover their hair in their private lives, but who remove the headscarf while at a Turkish university as a result of the higher education headscarf ban policy. The book is based on a qualitative study that involved one-on-one interviews with thirty participants. The book highlights how part-time unveilers understand and negotiate the policy, the challenges and opportuni.
[edited by] Paul Burns
This edition of Butler's lives of saints features saints from many nations and backgrounds and includes new articles on recently canonized saints. The index offers the list of saints from the complete edition, and includes all new canonizations and new dates, making it the most up-to-date listing of saints available. Butler's lives of the saints remains a remarkable reference source and, through its comprehensive biographies, a valuable aid to devotion and a rich source of historical information.